University of Nairobi Students have been urged by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation to overcome the challenges posed by inequalities in their lives and prosper. Ford Foundation is an international social justice philanthropy with a $13 billion endowment and $600 million in annual grant making.

The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Production and Extension has set up a Grants and Opportunities site.

“Believe it or not, there is a lot of funding opportunities out there. Of course, you need to put in the hard work to generate good ideas, produce great proposals and meet the funders requirements and deadlines to be competitive,” says Prof. Madara Ogot. ag. Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Production and Extension. “We will constantly add new funding opportunities to the Grants and Opportunities site, enabling you to search and hopefully find the ones that are just right for you and your team.”